What shows have you booked for 2021?

I'll take the high road and share my own plans:

I have only 1 show booked at the moment: Six at Leeds Grand Theatre at the end of June (the booking was moved from last year). I am really looking forward to finally seeing Six as I've been wanting to see it for such a long time. However, I don't think there is a socially distancing policy for that show at the moment. This I find a bit weird. Is it truly the intention that theatre life goes back to normal again completely in June already? So we're all sitting very close together in June already? This seems like a very strange idea to me... I looked at some of the great London musicals to see if I could/should book those, but I saw those also sometimes don't have any social distancing policies in place. Does anyone know how this works? (yes, I know I'm already derailing my own thread )

I'd be interested in booking basically any musical in London, because I haven't seen many yet. Pretty Woman is on my list, as well as Cinderella and Come From Away. The lack of social distancing is just making me a bit hesitant at the moment to actually make the booking. Also: what if theatres are closed again and I get even more vouchers?!

I'm also seriously considering booking some of the plays at the Globe. I am especially excited about Romeo & Juliet and Twelfth Night as well as the Audience Choice. The latter seems like such a fun concept!! They are quite clear about how they are dealing with covid, so I am patiently waiting until the general booking opens

Only think i’ve still got booked is a trip to see Six again.

Once I’m vaccinated and feel like going back to theatre is safe for me, I think I’ll book to see Hairspray, Leopoldstadt, Tina, and Back To The Future. Maybe spoil myself with another trip to &Juliet if finances allow! I’m very ready to get back to theatre!

EDIT: I completely forgot that I still have my ticket for 4000 Miles but i’m not confident that’ll still happen.

No Shows.
Just a Steps concert in November.

I typically book on the day and I'm guessing there will be plenty of availability once distancing is ditched.

Anything Goes.

You are here @ Southwark has my name all of it as does the rumour of Amelie returning.

Singing in the rain and Under millkwood both appeal but I want decent seats and not have to remortgage in the process - so I can dayseat for these

Rescheduled:
Come From Away
The Show Must Go On
West End Musical Celebration
Hamlet (the Young Vic version)

Nothing new booked yet, but I will be booking Roles We'll Never Play, Anything Goes, Singin in the Rain, A Chorus Line, Prince of Egypt, &Juliet and return visits to Hamilton, Wicked and Les Mis in due course. And Moulin Rouge when it goes on sale

I also need to reschedule Six at some point.


Plus a Queen gig rescheduled to next year already!

I'm waiting for this too. I don't know when I'll be vaccinated. It might not be until July, or even later with all the vaccine supply problems. So I can't book anything yet. I assume those who have lots of shows booked are either over 50s who have been vaccinated or under 50s who aren't afraid of covid.

Waitress (in May so will probably/definitely be postponed)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
also had Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em booked for last year, which got pushed to May and now July next year.

Sorry, ridiculously long post. But you did ask people to explain their thinking, so here goes...

My only remaining pre-pandemic bookings are:
Nutcracker! at the Lowry (November)
Hamlet at the Young Vic (October)
4000 Miles at the Old Vic (still in limbo)

I requested refunds for pretty much everything else. Most theatres were pretty good about it. Two organisations weren’t, and took many months before they finally issued refunds. It has put me off handing my money over to them again in a hurry, which is especially disappointing as they were two places I used to go to see most of their in-house stuff to support them.

The only play I saw properly in the past 12 months was The Comedy of Errors at Storyhouse’s open air theatre in Chester last summer. I later booked to see their A Christmas Carol but then felt really apprehensive about it as it was indoors. I couldn’t decide whether to go or not, but then Chester was moved up a tier and the performance was cancelled anyway. 

Then the rules relaxed and the production went ahead with a live audience, as well as some livestreams, which is how I saw it. And after that the rules then changed again so they had to finish the run by livestreaming without an audience.

Around the same time I booked for The Car Man at the Albert Hall in June. I know nothing about dance, but I’ve liked the few Matthew Bourne shows I've seen and have never been to the Albert Hall, so thought I’d treat myself. Despite the faffing with A Christmas Carol, I assumed we’d be in a better situation by the summer again. Then came the current lockdown.

The Car Man’s due to run for a fortnight, with June 21 falling in the middle, so I’m not sure what’s happening with it, and judging by their website neither is the Albert Hall. They are still selling tickets for it though. The other day Matthew Bourne posted a clip of some of his dancers doing a sequence from Nutcracker! It seems odd to me that they’d be rehearsing that now, but not The Car Man which is a lot nearer. I may be reading too much into it, but for a very social media savvy company to not be actively promoting their next show makes me suspect it’s not happening.

As much as I would love to see it, I wouldn’t mind if it is postponed. There’s still too much uncertainty for me at the moment, not just around the shows, but about whether I’d even be allowed to travel to them, that it puts me off booking anything else.

Bearing all that in mind, and after saying on another thread that I’d be booking less in the future, today I have booked tickets for three shows.  

Those are The Merry Wives of Windsor, Pride and Prejudice and The Jungle Book. All three are at the open air theatre in Chester again. With it being outdoors it feels about as safe as anything can be at the moment. I don’t see me booking anything indoors, or that requires any travel, for a good long while yet and when I do it will be done last-minute.

Really interesting thread. Another long answer (again, since you ask haha)

So I had so much booked and as time has gone on and it became increasingly unclear when anything would happen, I increasingly requested refunds and had less re-scheduled.

Things I have rescheduled are those that might sell out/it's often hard to get good seats. So I have:
Les Mis - Bristol
Les Mis - Birmingham
Les Mis - Manchester
Cinderella - first night in London
Joseph Palladium x 3 (specific seat I wanted in front row!)

Then now it depends on confidence of stuff happening. I am pretty sure the socially distanced stuff will happen so have booked:
Les Mis Concert x 6 (this will be my fix for May/June as JCS was at OAT last year)

The non socially distanced stuff I'd like to see up and running before I commit having been disappointed so many times. Looking through the seating plans they all have loads of availability so I am in no rush to book. I do intend to see the following in July/August/September (if they open!):
Phantom
Mary Poppins
Back To The Future
Anything Goes
Hairspray
And Frozen I'll wait a few months until the fuss dies down. Am moderately interested but would like to wait for reviews and for deals!

Few other bits:
Rent I have booked for Manchester Pride weekend (small theatre and wanted an aisle)
Steps arena tour in Brighton, Birmingham and London
Pet Shop Boys rescheduled twice - now 2022!

And what excites me the most is full intention to see Starlight Express in Bochum and both Cats and Miss Saigon in Vienna as soon as the stars of continental arts reopening and international travel align! Vive La Mega-Musicale!

If all the above happens, I'll be a very happy bunny :-)

Sunset Boulevard: Ally Pally (June)
Mary Poppins (July)
The Phantom of the Opera (August)
Beauty and the Beast: Cardiff (December)

Not sure if/when any of them will actually happen.

I'm starved enough to consider a trip to see Spamalot... in German.

It's cancelled, reopening currently planned for the 21st. I called ATG a couple of days ago and they told me and moved me to the 21st.

Hello all!

My boyfriend purchased flights for us to go to London for August, but of course due to ongoing restrictions here in Ireland and in the UK we will have to reschedule this!

Would the end of September potentially be a good time to rebook the flights for? I'm keen to bring him to see a show or two in the West End and I'd like to rebook for a time when the shows are likely to be back open. Thanks a bunch!

I think as long as nothing goes wrong with the plan then end of September should be good. Plenty of shows have planned to open by then.